This is actually train_gamer's DW, bitter_lily. (Somehow we have never friended each other. Should this continue?)
My DH showed me the first article, although we haven't looked at the second one yet. I was deeply disappointed that despite the insight about "cool pieces" at the beginning, the rules the children developed completely overlooked the issue, with no objection from the teachers. "If we both can only build houses that are the same size, obviously mine will be better than yours because mine has more windows. You have no right to object when I grab for the tenth clear piece, even though you only have three."
I do think that creativity can flourish within standard restraints, just as my favorite poetry are sonnets, with the same meter and rhyme scheme as any other.
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Date: 2008-01-03 03:38 am (UTC)My DH showed me the first article, although we haven't looked at the second one yet. I was deeply disappointed that despite the insight about "cool pieces" at the beginning, the rules the children developed completely overlooked the issue, with no objection from the teachers. "If we both can only build houses that are the same size, obviously mine will be better than yours because mine has more windows. You have no right to object when I grab for the tenth clear piece, even though you only have three."
I do think that creativity can flourish within standard restraints, just as my favorite poetry are sonnets, with the same meter and rhyme scheme as any other.